expression / ichidan verb:

• to be wide-awake; to be wakeful; to be unable to sleep

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to hull (rice, barley, etc.); to pound (rice); to polish (rice); to stamp (ore)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be oversensitive; to be nervous; to be overly concerned; to worry too much

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get conceited; to become vain; to get stuck up; to get a swollen head ➜ 天狗【てんぐ】

noun / suffix:

• stuffing; packing - づめ when a suffix

noun:

• end (esp. the foot of a bridge)
• lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony
• tea master
• endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively)
• sweet eel sauce - abbreviation
• middle-aged woman - archaism

suffix noun:

• appointment to a particular workplace
• using as the sole ground of judgement (judgment)
• continuing; keep doing for period of time - after the -masu stem of a verb

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make a mess of it; to make a hash of it; to fail and lose face; to embarrass oneself
• to spread miso (e.g. on konnyaku) - orig. meaning

noun / ~の noun:

• relief; embossed carving

noun:

• bringing to the fore; throwing something into relief

noun:

• futon or cloth attached to the kotatsu's frame; cover for kotatsu

noun:

• fight to the finish; desperate struggle; life-and-death struggle - From English "death match"

noun:

• visiting a shrine or temple to give thanks for the fulfilment of a prayer

noun:

• cotyledon; seed leaf (i.e. the first leaves to emerge when a seed sprouts)

noun:

• arrow with a whistle attached; whistling arrow used to signal the start of battle ➜ 嚆矢

noun:

• catalogue with the entire works of one artist (used to check authenticity); catalogue raisonne - From French

noun / ~する noun:

• resultative (refers to a conjunction where what follows is a result of the preceding)

expression:

• fools rush in where angels fear to tread; the blind don't fear snakes [literal] - sensitive - proverb

noun:

• game of (blindfolded) tag similar to the children's swimming pool game "Marco Polo"

expression:

• not knowing what to do with the time one has on one's hand

noun:

• arm (esp. upper arm) - archaism

counter:

• counter used to measure the thickness of round objects

noun:

• Lorelei (Loreley); Rhine maiden who lured sailors to their doom
• rock in the Rhine

expression:

• poverty is a stranger to industry; diligence is the mother of good fortune - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• forced relocation of a daimyo to a different domain by the Edo shogunate

expression:

• cream rises to the top; a drill in a bag (will always poke through) [literal] - proverb

expression:

• a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course

expression:

• not knowing what to do with the time one has on one's hand - unorthodox form ➜ 間が持てない

expression / adjective:

• knowing how to swim with the tide; being good at dealing with things ➜ 要領がいい【ようりょうがいい】